Before we decide to delete, we need to decide what happens to links to threads that are deleted (really, I'd like to take the records out of the database). And also to be aware that they'll be unsearchable if we do so.
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§ ita § - Dec 30, 2002 9:14:20 pm PST #2482 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Jon B. - Dec 30, 2002 9:20:33 pm PST #2483 of 10000
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
Good points.
we need to decide what happens to links to threads that are deleted
You know what would be cool? If a link points to a thread id that's been archived, a screen could appear that linked to the archived and zipped thread. There'd be an explanatory message, of course.
§ ita § - Dec 30, 2002 9:30:38 pm PST #2484 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
That would require putting some intelligence behind the location of the zipped threads -- for immediate use, we could just redirect to the archives page with all of them? It's kinda rude, but it's my first reflex.
But, if the discussion goes on long enough, an algorithm will create itself.
Jon B. - Dec 30, 2002 9:33:15 pm PST #2485 of 10000
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
That would require putting some intelligence behind the location of the zipped threads
I was thinking of a table that could be easily updated by an admin, but a simple redirect is certainly fine for the short term.
Noumenon - Dec 30, 2002 10:03:37 pm PST #2486 of 10000
No other candidate is asking the hard questions, like "Did geophysicists assassinate Jim Henson?" or "Why is there hydrogen in America's water supply?" --defective yeti
I suppose "threadsuck" might look to the uninitiated like "threadspew" would look to me. I don't remember having that reaction, though.
Rebecca Lizard - Dec 30, 2002 11:29:44 pm PST #2487 of 10000
You sip / say it's your crazy / straw say it's you're crazy / as you bicycle your soul / with beauty in your basket
I just got something in my upper-left corner that said
Welcome,
Rebecca Lizard
+ Log contentidaddpostfinished out
Since it doesn't look as though something crashed and burned within me, I just am amused by that.
§ ita § - Dec 30, 2002 11:36:42 pm PST #2488 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
That's too surreal. Those are names of form variables on the showthread page.
esse - Dec 31, 2002 3:46:44 am PST #2489 of 10000
S to the A -- using they/them pronouns!
I got this quote:
You were very nearly devoured by a giant demon snake. The words 'let that be a lesson' are a tad redundant at this juncture.
Giles, 'Never Kill A Boy On The First Date'
And I know it's not from NKBoTFD. I tried to search MP, but you can't phrase search, and it's too damn difficult. But I know it's not from that ep, because the whole giant demon snake thing was at least Season Three, and a search for the text "giant demon snake" in NKBotFD gave nothing.
Jon B. - Dec 31, 2002 5:50:09 am PST #2490 of 10000
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
because the whole giant demon snake thing was at least Season Three, and a search for the text "giant demon snake" in NKBotFD gave nothing.
You're half-right. There have (sadly) been many a giant demon snake on BtVS. This one appeared in season two's "Reptile Boy."
Lyra Jane - Dec 31, 2002 7:46:32 am PST #2491 of 10000
Up with the sun
I agree that threadsuck has a problem in that it's not intuitive, whereas "download" is. But then, I still have no clue what "meara" means when used as a verb.